#the mekon

[all-action-all-picture]

Eagle No. 74, dated 20 August 1983. Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future cover by Ian Kennedy. Treasury of British Comics | The Dan Dare Corporation.

#20aug #1983 #eagle #dan dare #ian kennedy #the mekon

[the-new-hip-priest]

Sleaford Mods // Jobseeker The Mekon [2008]

#tunes #sleaford mods #the mekon #00s #post-punk #but also hip-hop #kind of #hard to describe em really

[ginge1962]

Eagle Annual 1983 - Published Aug/Sept 1982 by IPC Magazines, cover by Ian Kennedy.

#comic books #british comics #ian kennedy #eagle comic #eagle annual #uk annuals #british annuals #hardback #ipc #fleetway comics #dan dare #the mekon

[downthetubes]

Rare Dan Dare-inspired Mekon sculpture by Pip Warwick offered at auction

Cheshire-based auction house Ashley Waller is auctioning one of Pip Warwick's "Mekon" sculptures, created in the 1970s in tribute to Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson

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#Ashley Waller #Auction News #Catherine Warwick #Dan Dare #downthetubes News #Frank Hampson #Pip Warwick #Richard Sheaf #The Mekon

[undergroundrockpress]

The Mekons, 1982.

“The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.” — Lester Bangs.

#rock photography #The Mekons #punk rock #1980s

[nymphsupremacy]

Demeter and her lovers.

Iasion- an agricultural hero, demigod and the springtime consort of Demeter in the Samothracian Mysteries. There was a theory before that Demeter will meet Iasion when she got banished after the trial so I'm gonna go with that kind of storyline. He met, assisted and loved her during those 10 years.

Mekon- a beautiful Athenian man and a mortal lover of Demeter but she turned him into poppies for his own preservation. There's not much info about him other than that but I'm making him into a prince and someone that she loved in her earlier years.

Btw, these guys don't know each other cuz they don't live in the same time period but I wanted to edit together.

#lore olympus #lo #lore olympus edit #lore olympus demeter #Iasion and demeter wears the same earrings #iasion my beloved #mekon my beloved #I'm thinking that Mekon got turned into poppies to save him from something I'll be thinking about it #IASION WILL NOT BE KILLED OFF LIKE IN THR MYTHS #I'm thinking that demigods are mostly human colored with some other forms of coloration somewhere #I'm thinking of maybe adding more to Iasion's design

[punisheddonjuan]

I think @transcube tagged me maybe two weeks ago as part of a "five songs I've been listening to on repeat" exercise and I promised I'd get around to doing it because it looked like fun, but man, I have not been listening to a lot of music lately. My stamina has been just shot to hell, and I'm one of those perverts gets off on hardcore critical listening of entire albums while wearing big ass headphones. Instead I'm presenting you with this: the galaxy of songs that I've memorized and have somewhere in my head which start intruding into my consciousness at random intervals. So here's five songs I've had stuck in my head the last little while.

John C. Reilly (as Dewey Cox) — "Guilty as Charged" from, Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story (2007)

Walk Hard is my absolute favourite movie to watch with my dad (a professional musician and big time music geek), it's hilarious and there's a reason why they basically stopped making musician biopics for a good ten years after this movie came out, it preempts them all. Part of why it works so well is that the songs are all fucking incredible and stand on their own. This one in particular is just such a perfect pastiche of an early '60s Johnny Cash (in his "Man in Black" persona) tune. And man, who knew that John C. Reilly could sing like that?

The Mekons — "Insignificance (Conversation with Boche)" from Retreat from Memphis (1994)

I frequently find the following lyric stuck in my head, rolling it around in there:

A word slips out in Dallas in 1963 Spawns an industry: Conspiracy Initials ten feet tall just reinforce and underline Insignificance If they can kill, what would they do to me Stumbling into their attention

Great bassline on this one too.

J.C. Satàn — "Endless Fall" from Sick of Love (2010)

There was this really cool punk/garage scene that centered around a few bands in the south of France that started around the turn of the last decade and was mostly spent by 2017ish. Catholic Spray was another one of those bands, but these guys were the best in my estimation. Love this guitar riff.

Unwound — "Demons Sing Love Songs" from Leaves Turn Inside You (2001)

Is it weird to say that of that incredible crop of post-hardcore bands like Fugazi, Slint etc. (I am DEFINITELY not talking about the stuff that called itself "post-hardcore" from the '00s) I might love Unwound the most?

John Coltrane — "Afro Blue" from Live at Birdland (1964)

"Afro Blue" is probably my all-time favourite jazz tune, I taught myself how to sweep pick arpeggios just so I could play the melody line on guitar. It's a really easy tune to improvise over too, you can either play an F-minor blues over the whole progression or get modal and start with an F Dorian and then move into the A-flat/E-flat tonal centers over some of the changes. Anyway, the "head" is always stuck in my head.

No idea who to tag with this one, just assume that if you're a music kind of person and I follow you that I wouldn't mind hearing from you.

#blog #music #dewey cox #john coltrane #unwound #j.c. satàn #the mekons

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Relax With Mekon • What's Going On? • Out Of My Soul • Let's Rok • Calm Gunshot • Irregular • Let Me Hit 'Em • Eurostar • Everywhere • Please Stay • Out Of My Soul (Reprise)

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#hyltta-polls #polls #artist: mekon #language: english #decade: 2000s #Turntablism #Big Beat #Breakbeat #Trip Hop #Downtempo

[kdo-three]

Mekons - Lost Highway (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓) Leon Payne from: "Fear and Whiskey" (LP)

Cowpunk | Alt. Country | Hank Williams Cover

JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Tom "Cat" Greenhalgh: Vocals / Guitar / Piano Jon "Don Juan" Langford: Vocals / Guitar / Harp Dick "Sir Dickie" Taylor: Lead Guitar Ken Lite: Rhythm Guitar / Backing Vocals Susie "Honeybaby" Honeyman: Fiddle Lu Edmonds: Bass Steve "Ghoulding" Goulding: Drums

Produced by Mekons

Recorded: @ Lion Studios in Leeds, England UK 1984–1985

Released: June, 1985 Sin Records (Mekons' own record label) Quarterstick Records (2002 Reissue)

"… credited as being the first alternative country album." - Wikipedia

Tom Greenhalgh commented that as he listened to a great deal of country music in the early 1980s, "pretty soon the difference between the three chords of country and the three chords of punk became blurred." - Wikipedia

"("Fear and Whiskey") … one of the greatest records ever." - Thom Jurek (AllMusicCom)

#Mekons #Lost Highway #Fear and Whiskey #Alt. Country #Cowpunk #1980s

[guessimdumb]

Mekons - Sympathy for the Mekons (1987)

Self mythologizing (here a la the Stones) has always been a part of the Mekons thing. That and frequent mentions of the devil. This song has got it in spades.

History has a stutter It says w...w...w...watch out!

#Mekons #Sympathy for the Mekons #Honky Tonkin' #The Mekons #Jon Langford

[wamnak]

No one's making any noise now, sshhh

We've been waiting for so long

They took away our films and tapes and notebooks

But it's okay, we've self-censored this song

But these lines are all individuals

And there's no such thing as a song

And even the silent are now guilty in the (empire of the senseless)

What's your line of questioning, sir?

I can't interrupt intercept a one word sentence

Invent a war in secrecy

Sliding scenery like a vintage toy

Isn't plastic surgery wonderful?

Satellite secret national security

(Empire of the senseless)

Turning journalists into heroes takes some doing

Boring Ollie north down in the subway dealing drugs and guns

(Empire of the senseless)

Turning little liars into heroes, it's what they've always done

This song promotes homosexuality

It's in a pretended family relationship with the others on this record

And on the charts and on the jukebox

And in the radio

And in the radio

No one's making any noise now, sshhh

Stay quiet

All unacceptable gropings have been removed from the screen

Only eyes full of unspeakable thoughts remain

And even the silent are now guilty in the (empire of the senseless)

Baked beans, sugar, and margarine

Bread, jam, groceries, and lard

For the unsentimental

The men who like the lady hard

The men who like the hard lady

And you know that people are really rather afraid

(Empire of the senseless)

Afraid of being swamped

Afraid of being swamped by selfishness and greed

(Empire of the senseless)

(Empire of the senseless)

(Empire of the senseless)

(Empire of the senseless)

(Empire of the senseless)

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Jon Langford / Tom Greenhalgh

Empire of the Senseless lyrics © Low Noise America Music

#the mekons #mekons #jon langford #sally timms #records #vinyl #my record collection #Spotify #an old favorite #1980s

[all-action-all-picture]

Eagle No. 79, dated 24 September 1983. The Mekon from Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future cover on this 'New Look' (newsprint) issue by Ian Kennedy. Good to see a return for the legendary potato gun though. Treasury of British Comics | The Dan Dare Corporation.

#eagle #dan dare #ian kennedy #the mekon #24sep #1983 #free gift #spud gun #potato gun

[soundgrammar]

Listen/purchase: Wild & Blue by Mekons

#Mekons #Bandcamp #music

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

Art Credit to Nick Perks

#Wonder Woman #Diana of Themyscira #Dan Dare #Mekon

[monnikiska]

tän päivän fiilis on et silmitön talvi on soinu viimesen noin kahen tunnin aikana 28 kertaa

#mitenkäs muut pärjäilee tänä keväisenä huhtikuun päivänä :) #mun pitäis ommella uusia haalarimerkkejä kiinni ja toi sä neuloit mekon helmaan karkkipapereita muistuttaa mua siitä koko ajan #ei jaksais :(

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#mekons